Development and deployment of an immersive learning environment for enhancing process systems engineering concepts

Abstract

This work differentiates itself from most educational based multimedia resources by catering for two distinct audience groups. The first group is undergraduate process engineering students in a number of Australian institutions, whereas the second group represents operational staff at the industrial facilities covered by the interface. This presents challenges in pedagogy, educational pitch, industrial relations and project management. It has also added a sales driver to the project as we market the resource to industry as an operator training resource. The learning environment is based around spherical imagery of real operating plants coupled with interactive embedded activities and content..